[House Report 106-165]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-165

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   PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1905, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

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May 25, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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    Mr. Dreier, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 190]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 190, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 1905, 
the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000,'' under a 
structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate 
divided equally between the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with section 306 (prohibiting 
consideration of legislation within the Budget Committee's 
jurisdiction, unless reported by the Budget Committee) or 
section 401 (prohibiting consideration of budget related 
legislation, as reported, that is not subject to 
appropriations) of the Congressional Budget Act. The rule also 
waives all points of order against provisions of the bill for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
unauthorized or legislative provisions in a general 
appropriations bill) except as specified in the rule.
    The rule makes in order only the amendment printed in this 
report, and pro forma amendments offered by the chairman or 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 
their designees for the purpose of debate. The rule waives 
points of order against the amendment printed in the report for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of Rule XXI. The rule provides 
that the amendment made in order may be offered only by a 
Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, 
and shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment.
    The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if 
the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    The waiver of section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act 
is necessary because sections 105 and 106 of the bill, relating 
to staff recruitment and levels of compensation for the 
Director and Deputy Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office, are within the Budget Committee's jurisdiction. The 
waiver of section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act is 
necessary because section 106 of the bill, relating to the 
levels of compensation for the Director and Deputy Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office, and section 209 of the bill, 
relating to compensation for the Librarian of Congress, the 
Deputy Librarian of Congress, and the Director of the 
Congressional Research Service, provides for an increase in 
direct spending. The waiver of clause 2 of House Rule XXI 
against provisions of the bill is necessary because the bill 
contains at least 30 provisions which would change existing law 
which are listed in the Appropriations Committee report. 
Finally, the waiver of clause 2 of Rule XXI against the 
amendment made in order by the rule is necessary because the 
amendment changes the way amounts remaining in the Members' 
Representational Allowance account are handled by directing 
their use for deficit or debt reduction.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 29

    Date: May 25, 1999.
    Measure: H.R. 1905, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
    Summary of motion: To make in order the Conyers Amendment 
consisting of the text of H.R. 1501 and that the amendment be 
given the appropriate waivers.
    Results: Defeated 3 to 8.
    Vote by Members: Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-Balart--Nay; 
Hastings--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; 
Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

Rules Committee record vote No. 30

    Date: May 25, 1999.
    Measure: H.R. 1905, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2000.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: To make in order an amendment offered by 
Representative DeLauro which requires federally licensed 
firearms dealers to provide a gun locking device when a firearm 
is sold or transferred; and an amendment by Representative 
Hoyer which extends the Brady background checks to gun shows; 
and an amendment by Representative Lowey which makes it illegal 
to sell a handgun to anyone under the age of 21 and raises the 
minimum age for possession of a handgun from 18 to 21 years 
old.
    Results: Defeated 3 to 9.
    Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; 
Reynolds--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; 
Dreier--Nay.

  summary of amendment made in order to h.r. 1905, legislative branch 
                        appropriations act, 2000

    Camp/Roemer/Upton--(20 Minutes): Provides that amounts 
remaining after payments are made from the account for Members' 
Representational Allowances shall be used for annual deficit or 
debt reduction; and requires that at the end of each session of 
Congress amounts returned by individual Members, and the House 
as a whole, shall be published in the Congressional Record.

           text of the amendment made in order under the rule

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Camp of Michigan, or 
   Representative Roemer of Indiana, or a Designee, Debatable for 20 
   Minutes

    Page 10, insert after line 9 the following (and redesignate 
the succeeding sections accordingly):
    Sec. 104. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
Representational Allowance To Be Used For Deficit Reduction or 
to Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
fiscal year 2000. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
made under such allowances for fiscal year 2000 shall be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
    (b) Publication.--After each session of Congress or other 
period for which the amounts described in subsection (a) are 
made available, there shall be published in the Congressional 
Record a statement showing, with respect to such session or 
period, the amount deposited with respect to each Member under 
subsection (a) and the total deposited with respect to all 
Members.
    (c) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of 
the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section.
    (d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member 
of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

                                  
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